The American Netflix animation’ K -Pop Demon Hunters ‘, featuring K-pop stars as its main characters, is creating a huge sensation by sweeping the global charts right after its release.In line with this, interest in the K-pop stars who are the’ role models ‘of the characters in the film is rapidly increasing, and the detailed settings, such as the songs and choreography that appear in the film, are at the center of attention.

O Rumi and Jinwoo are Jennie and Cha Eunwoo?

‘ K-Pop Demon Hunters ‘is a fantasy action film that tells the story of the world-famous girl group and exorcist’ Hunttrix ‘fighting against the grim reaper boy group’ Lion Boys ‘to save the world.As interest in the animation explodes, posts speculating about the K-pop stars who served as the motifs for Hunttrix and the Lion Boys are pouring out on various global SNS.

The answer was given by the director.Director Maggie Kang said in a recent interview with North American media outlet Forbes, “Huntricks was inspired by Blackpink, ITZY, and TWICE.” Netizens around the world have pointed out Blackpink’s Jennie, ITZY’s Yezi, and TWICE’s Chaeyoung as the K-pop stars who most resemble ‘Huntricks’ members Rumi, Mina, and Joy, respectively.

In the case of Lion Boyz, it was completed after being influenced by top K-pop groups such as BTS, Tomorrow X Together, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, and Big Bang.In addition, Director Kang said that Jinwoo, the leader of Lion Boyz and the male protagonist, was “decisively inspired by Cha Eun-woo and Nam Joo-hyuk.”

Behind High-Quality K-Pop Was ‘The Black Label’

As it is an animation based on K-pop, the response to the songs sung by Huntrix and the Lion Boys in the drama is also hot.Many of the inserted songs in ‘Demon Hunters’, which is well-received as high-quality K-pop, were produced by famous producers affiliated with The Black Label, such as Teddy, Twentyfour(24), IDO, Vince, and KUSH.

They created ‘Golden’ and ‘How It s Done’, which decorate the highlight scenes of the girl group Huntrix achieving their goals in the drama, and ‘Soda Pop’ and ‘Your Idol’ by Sazaboz, which are drawing the most enthusiastic responses.

Many artists affiliated with The Black Label also participated in the singing and choreography.Danny Jung of The Black Label participated in the song with Kevin from U-KISS, and choreographer Lee Jung and dance crew Jam Republic of The Black Label, who created dances for Twice, Itzy, Idol, and Miyaw, were active in the choreography.Lee Jung and Jam Republic are widely known to the public through Mnet’s dance survival show ‘Street Woman Fighter’.


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